Goodbye Greencard Pt. 2

At the oath ceremony, every seat had a large envelope with a bunch of "essentials" for the new citizen. A copy of the Declaration of Independence, a Citizen's Almanac, a letter from Bush, a voter registration guide, and a really cheap American flag that we were supposed to wave at particularly emotional/exciting times. I was sitting in my seat during one of the random speeches looking at this little flag and thinking how completely unsurprising it was that at this grand ceremony were people kept extolling the American Dream I was holding a stick and piece of cloth glued together by some exploited illegal worker.